How to Use heavy-handed in a Sentence

heavy-handed

adjective

• Will the specifics be light-handed or heavy-handed?
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• That's a little heavy-handed, no?
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
• Clumsy, heavy-handed, a little too clever maybe here and there.
  — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
• Everyone is kind and at the ready for any guest, although not in a heavy-handed way.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
• These have been replaced by an endless monotone of heavy-handed highs.
  — Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
• This show had to find a tonal balance and say something, but do so in a way that doesn’t feel heavy-handed.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 June 2023
• That can be good or bad depending on the item or fabric, or for those who might be heavy-handed.
  — Joe Salas october 29, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
• Trump has carried on with that tradition, albeit in a more heavy-handed way.
  — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
• In yet another heavy-handed move, the hunters even turn up with torches toward the end.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• This heavy-handed approach wasn’t unique to NYU.
  — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• Those charges have prompted criticism from some that the state is being heavy-handed.
  — Jeff Martin and Jeff Amy, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2023
• There’s a real threat of backlash to Trump’s heavy-handed approach.
  — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
• Stained with turmeric and run through with heavy-handed additions of dairy, these potatoes don’t play it safe.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
• Critics have called out the heavy-handed response used against protesters.
  — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• An almost offhanded mention of suicide in passing is as close to heavy-handed as things get.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
• This is a heavy-handed use of a law originally written for the Mafia.
  — The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
• Some protests in recent weeks have turned violent and have been met by a heavy-handed police response.
  — Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Too heavy-handed with the saltshaker—a little squeeze will balance the saltiness in sauces and soups.
  — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
• Yes, Israel has been much too heavy-handed in its response to Hamas in Gaza.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
• But this heavy-handed assault on direct democracy is not the answer.
  — Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
• Not heavy-handed, but just really getting into the weeds of things, hence the footnotes.
  — Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 July 2026
• Now, Hochman seems to be doing the same with his heavy-handed approach to Flores.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
• Sometimes, weighty implication can feel more heavy-handed than just stating the thing straight out.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2023
• Moos, in the book, portrayed the leadership during his tenure as heavy-handed.
  — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
• Trump’s heavy-handed approach to our southern neighbors is built on the same assumption.
  — Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
• Both actors put in a shift here, but this is also where the religious imagery makes its heavy-handed presence known.
  — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 June 2026
• Trotter is a downhill, heavy-handed tone-setter with real pedigree.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
• The protests resulted in scores of civilian deaths amid a heavy-handed response from Kenyan police.
  — Larry Madowo, CNN, 12 July 2024
• Rights groups have accused police in France of responding to the wave of protests with heavy-handed tactics.
  — Morgan Coates, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• The therapy gets a little heavy-handed in the protracted final stretch.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025